Posted by Kelby Carr on Dec 18, 2009 in featured, peta, pr, social media, social networking, twitter | Comments Off
I’ve been pretty disappointed by PETA’s response to the PR nightmare they created when they decided to spam several moms this week. Since my last post, PETA Fail, or How Not to Spread the Word on Twitter, I have learned that they also used email and Facebook fan pages to continue their spam. That was even after being told by several influential people in social media, people who...
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Posted by Kelby Carr on Dec 17, 2009 in featured, nonprofits, peta, pets, social media, twitter, web 2.0 | Comments Off
It aggravates and saddens me that there are still so many major household names that know Twitter is hip, so they jump in and use it without the slightest thought to how to properly engage on Twitter. Yesterday, PETA did what can only be described as using the same tactic as porn and get-rich-quick spammers on Twitter. Don’t believe me? Here’s just one small snipper of their stream...
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